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Army Captain Nicholas Kanakis is surrounded by family and friends in the
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ou canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get much more patriotic than Army Captain
Nicholas Kanakis, who calls
his hometown of Pleasanton â&#x20AC;&#x153;an
amazing place thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all wrapped
up with mom, apple pie, the flag
and all the rest that makes this
country great.â&#x20AC;?
A 2003 graduate of Foothill
High School, Kanakis is just back
from flying and
servicing helicopters in Afghanistan. He stopped
by his home in
Valley Trails last
month to visit his mother Elaine,
dad George and brother Mark
only to find nearly 100 cheering
members of the Pleasanton Military Families organization in the
family driveway, along with at least
another 35 from his familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s local
Greek-American community. He
was here for just a few days between assignments and is already
back at Hunter Army Airfield in
Savannah, Ga., where I caught up
with him. This week, he headed
for Fort Rucker in Alabama to attend the Captainsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Career Course.
From the start, going back to
his days at Donlon Elementary
School and on through Pleasanton Middle School and Foothill,
Kanakis was a patriot, always
standing when the national anthem was played and proud to
display the flag at his home. He
was captain of both the football
and wrestling teams at Foothill
and during his teenage years was
active in local programs and organizations helping the military on
active duty.

After boosting his grade point average at San Jose State, he received
appointments in 2005 to both the
Air Force Academy and West Point,
with West Point, interestingly, the
only school that promised him the
chance to become a pilot upon
graduation. While at West Point, he
pursued his love of flying and was
cadet-in-charge of the Flying Club.
He also received the Nye Award for
Excellence in Research and Military
Affairs for his work on the influence of West Point cadets on Army
aviation.
He graduated from West Point
in 2009 as a military history major
with a minor in mechanical engineering, received his â&#x20AC;&#x153;wingsâ&#x20AC;? at
Ft. Rucker, then joined Alpha Co.
4-3 Assault Helicopter Battalion at
Hunter Army Airfield as a Blackhawk flight platoon leader. Since
last December, until returning
home to Pleasanton last month, he
was deployed with the 603rd Aviation Support Battalion at Kandahar
Airfield in Afghanistan. He served
there as a Maintenance Platoon
Leader and Blackhawk helicopter
pilot-in-command.
Kanakis, who is single and will
turn 29 next month, says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not
only very passionate about flying
but that his passion carries over
to his feelings about Pleasanton
and the people who live here.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;The city of Savannah is a great
city and does a superb job of
recognizing the men and women
who are stationed in their city,â&#x20AC;?
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a quarter of the reception that
Pleasanton offers its troops.â&#x20AC;?
â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is truly a testament to what
kind of community we have and
where we place our values and
how important family, community
and service really are in Pleasanton
for a soldier like me to come home
and have more than 100 people in
my driveway saying â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Thank You.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;
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DIGEST
‘Blithe Spirit’ at
Amador Theater
Amador drama students will
present “Blithe Spirit,” for two
more performances, tonight and
Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the
Amador Theater, 1155 Santa
Rita Road, Pleasanton.
The Noel Coward play features novelist Charles Condomine who, with the help of a
medium, brings back the ghost
of his first wife.
Condomine winds up haunted by the ghost of Elvira, who
tries to disrupt his marriage to
his second wife, Ruth, who can’t
see or hear the ghost. Tickets
are $5 for students and $10 for
adults and are available at the
Amador Theater box office an
hour before showtime.

Purple pipes coming to Pleasanton
City agrees to start recycled water irrigation program
BY JEB BING

Four agencies that provide water services in
the Tri-Valley signed agreements Wednesday
enabling the city of Pleasanton to conduct the
necessary environmental reviews to continue to
develop a recycled water program.
The move coincided with the Pleasanton City
Council’s approval Tuesday night to proceed with
a recycled water feasibility study that could see
much of the city’s parks and landscaped street
medians irrigated using recycled water.
Already, purple sprinkler heads which indicate
that water coming from them is recycled, not
suitable for drinking, are visible along the newly
extended Stoneridge Drive and at Stoneridge
Creek Park near the Stoneridge Creek retirement
community.
“There’s a global water crisis not only in supply
but also in quality,” Pleasanton Operations Director Daniel Smith told the council Tuesday. “The
goal is to reduce potable (drinking) water usage
by 20% by 2020 and recycled water can help

meet that objective.”
If all goes well with the environmental reviews,
recycled water will begin to flow into Pleasanton
parks, sports grounds, and roadway medians,
saving precious potable water. These agreements
make the best use of a limited supply of potable
water, keep a local resource local, and demonstrate how local governments can cooperate for
the greater good of the region.
“With these agreements in place, the reliability of
our potable water supply in the Tri-Valley will improve and we will be better able to meet the state’s
mandate to use 20% less potable water per person
by 2020,” said Dave Requa, district engineer of the
Dublin San Ramon Services District, which treats
sewer and run-off water from Pleasanton.
DSRSD and Pleasanton have now agreed to
use as much of the treated wastewater effluent
from Pleasanton as possible for recycling and to
share recycled water distribution facilities when
practical to minimize operating costs. More
than half of the wastewater DSRSD treats at its

Walk will feature
public art downtown
Join Gary and Nancy Harrington on their free public art
walk, tomorrow, Nov. 9.
The two-hour walk and talk
begins at 9 a.m. at the Pleasanton Civic Center parking lot,
200 Old Bernal Ave. The Northern Walk includes Downtown
Pleasanton, north of Neal Street,
the Main Street Green and the
Firehouse Art Center.
The Harringtons lead the walk,
showing the public art with
information about the artists
and anecdotes regarding their
works. Walkers will receive a
brochure with locations of the
art, the artists and year of installation.
Walk downtown, meet up
with neighbors and enjoy art
and get the benefits of fresh air
and exercise as well.

You might be hearing
voices
If you (or your children) ever
watched “Where in the World
is Carmen San Diego,” you’ll
know the show’s house band,
Rockapella, which is headed to
the Bankhead Theater later this
month. Even if you never saw
the show, you’ll probably recognize their a cappella sound from
TV commercials.
Ranging from Mills Brothers
to classic jazz, rock and hip
hop, the members of Rockapella
use just their voices — no instruments and no backup tracks
— to rock the house. They’ll be
performing at 8 p.m. Nov. 15.
Tickets run from $36-$55 for
adults, $15 for students.

Corrections
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all signiﬁcant errors. To request
a correction, call the editor
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Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility is from
Pleasanton; the rest is from Dublin and southern
San Ramon.
In a separate contract, the DSRSD and the East
Bay MUD Recycled Water Authority also have
agreed to provide wholesale recycled water treatment and delivery services to Pleasanton. Already,
recycled water is used to irrigate roadway medians,
parks, sports grounds and golf courses in Dublin,
San Ramon, Danville, and Blackhawk. N

Mayor Jerry Thorne rides in the front seat of an antique fire engine in Pleasanton’s Veterans Day parade last
Sunday while City Council members Cheryl Cook-Kallio, Karla Brown, Kathy Narum and Jerry Pentin hunker
down on top.

5,000 watch Veterans Day parade
on Main Street
San Jose’s parade this weekend is only other one left in Bay Area
A crowd estimated at more than 5,000 lined
Main Street in downtown Pleasanton Sunday for
the city’s 17th annual Veterans Day parade.
The parade, sponsored by the local posts of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American
Legion, included more than 125 entries, ranging
from local Girl Scout, Boy Scout and Cub Scout
troops and packs to heavy Army trucks, Jeeps
and even a Huey helicopter on a float provided
by Camp Parks.
Politicians also were in abundance with the
mayors of all Tri-Valley cities except San Ramon,
and county and state representatives in the parade. Congressman Eric Swalwell walked in the
parade, shaking hands with crowds on the sidewalks along the way.
Sunday’s parade was the largest veterans parade in the Bay Area. San Jose will also have a
parade this weekend, but it will be that city’s last.
All other earlier parades have since been ended.
For years, Pleasanton has held its annual
tribute on the Sunday before the Veterans Day
holiday so that military units and other organiza-

tions that were committed to other observances
could participate here. With the last Veterans Day
parade being canceled after this weekend by San
Jose, Pleasanton organizations will reevaluate the
need to hold the parade here earlier.
This year’s parade review officer in Pleasanton
was Commander James Ridgway, Commanding
Officer U.S. Navy Support Center. The grand
marshall was World War II Navy seaman Danny
Soria.
Music was provided by the Army 191st band,
the Air Force band from Travis Air Force Base, the
Navy’s Band of the West and marching bands from
Foothill, Dublin and Granada high schools. The
Oakland Military Academy, Ben Ali Bag Pipe Band
and the Piedmont Bag Pipe Band also performed.
Other marching units included color guards
from all five branches of the military as well as
local veteran organizations and police and fire
departments. Military vehicles, vintage and current, classic cars and many motorcycles provided
viewing pleasure for everyone.
— Jeb Bing

Jon Vranesh, the principal at Walnut
Grove Elementary School, has been replaced
— although district officials aren’t saying
why.
An email sent to parents late Tuesday
doesn’t mention Vranesh by name:
“Mr. Rich Puppione is serving as an
interim administrator of Walnut Grove Elementary School. Mr. Puppione served the
District for over thirty years as a teacher,
principal and district administrator,” the
email says. “We are confident our programs
at Walnut Grove are in very good hands. Mr.
Muniz will continue as the vice principal at
Walnut Grove.”
People have been speculating about the
reason behind Vranesh’s departure, but a
followup email Wednesday from Superintendent Parvin Ahmadi said the district is
limited in what information it can release.
“I respect your right to know whether the
recent appointment of an interim administrator at Walnut Grove involves questions of
student safety,” Ahmadi’s email said. “While
I am not legally permitted to discuss any
personnel issues, I can assure you that these
changes are not related to the safety of any
of our students.”
“As a district,” she continued, “we are
committed to ensuring our children receive
an excellent education in a safe environment, and I am confident this has been
— and will continue to be — the case at
Walnut Grove, As much as I would like
to resolve all questions raised by these
changes, the legal restrictions a district faces
in personnel matters are quite real.”
Ahmadi, other district officials and the
teachers union did not respond to calls
from the Pleasanton Weekly, and a call to
Vranesh’s home went unanswered.
See VRANESH on Page 8

Pleasanton recognizes business
for years of service
2 honored for 40 years, 7 for more than 30
BY JEB BING

The Pleasanton City Council has
recognized local companies for
achieving 15, 20, 25, 30 and 40
years of business in Pleasanton.
The businesses recognized
reached those benchmark years in
2013. Many more businesses have
been here just as many years and
longer, and were recognized when
their anniversaries arrived.
“Pleasanton’s quality of life is
closely tied to the economic vitality of our business community,
and we are honored to publicly
recognize these businesses’ milestones,” said Pamela Ott, the city’s
economic development director.
“The companies represent a
continuum from small, sole proprietorships that provide everyday
services to medium-sized firms
making advancements in their industry to national retailers,” she
added. “That diversity is what
makes Pleasanton’s business community as strong as it is.”
She continued: “They have provided jobs, services and products
valued by our residents and other
businesses. They have clearly
helped make Pleasanton the quality community that it is.”
Ott added that small businesses
make a huge contribution to the
U.S. economy and, according to

the Small Business Administration, have generated over 65% of
the net new jobs since 1995. More
than 50% of the working population in our country (120 million
individuals)
works in a small
business.
Two individuals were recognized for 40
years of service
in Pleasanton.
They were optometrist Barry
Winston and Pamela Ott
former attorney
William Hirst.
Recognized for 30 years of service in Pleasanton were: Allergy &
Asthma Medical Group; BCP Concrete Inc.; Cal West Steel Detailing;
Christopher P. Schlies, Attorney At
Law; Creegan & D’Angelo; Family Auto Repair Inc., and Foothill
Optometric Group.
Also praised for 30 years of
service were George’s Auto Repair Service; HortScience Inc.; J L
Lemm & Association; Lane Bryant
Inc.; the Law Office of Doris Hale
Slater; Robin Butler MFT; See’s
Candies Inc., and the Permanente
Medical Group Inc.
Businesses that have been in
Pleasanton for 25 years that were

A public memorial service will
be held at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Valley Community Church in Pleasanton for Foothill High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
choir director JoAnn Koobatian,
who died Oct. 18. She was 46.
Those attending are asked to
wear pink, her favorite color.
Tomorrowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s service follows many
tributes to the popular music
teacher and choir director. These
included a special half-time concert
during last Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game between
Foothill and Granada High School
on the Foothill field, and then the
dedication of last Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2013
Falcon Royale in her honor as parents held their annual fundraiser
marking the 40th anniversary of
the opening of Foothill High.
A private family service was held
last Monday at Trinity Lutheran
Church in Pleasanton, that included her her husband Richard and
their 12-year-old daughter Amanda, who is in 7th grade at Hart
Middle School. A memorial fund
has been established to help pay for
college for Amanda.
Ms. Koobatian majored in music
at San Jose State and made it her
career from then on. A soprano, she
sang with a quartet for many years,
including in concerts at the Dean
Lesher Center, before joining Foothill as a drama teacher in 1996.
The three choirs she taught are
Concert, Chamber and Treble. She
also spent extra time at lunch and
after school working with students
who couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fit choir into their
schedules, but wanted to sing, and
sing better.
Valerie Rossman, the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visual and performing arts department chair, remembers that from
the start, Ms. Koobatian was a star.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I could see right away that she
was a completely dedicated, skilled
teacher who knew her subject like
no one else,â&#x20AC;? Rossman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She had
high expectations for her students
and just never
gave up on them.
She always challenged them to
do their best and
they really appreciated her for it.â&#x20AC;?
Along the way,
Ms. Koobatian
was honored to
receive the 2nd JoAnn
annual Juanita Koobatian
Haugen â&#x20AC;&#x153;Women
Making a Differenceâ&#x20AC;? award for education, the Crystal Apple award and
was named â&#x20AC;&#x153;Teacher of the Yearâ&#x20AC;? in
2011 in the Pleasanton school district.
Even after being diagnosed with
a rare form of thymic cancer in
2005, she continued teaching
through chemotherapy and radiation treatments which eventually
damaged her voice. Even though
she couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sing along with them,
she listened to studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; voices and
knew immediately just what parts
they should have in her choirs.
Working with Mark Aubel, music
and choir director at Amador Valley
High School, she was part of a team
that produced 18 musicals featuring students from Pleasanton elementary, middle and high schools.
Aubel, who is planning Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;celebration of lifeâ&#x20AC;? service,
said that what made JoAnn Koobatian special â&#x20AC;&#x153;was that not only
did she produce good musicians
and good choirs, but she produced
good people as well.â&#x20AC;?
Valley Community Church is located at 4455 Del Valle Pkwy. N

Autumn leaves of red and gold
This portrayal of fun in the fall by Cayla Zayas, 13, was the winning photo in the Ptownlife Youth Photo Contest for a $20 gift card and the chance to be featured at Ptownlife.org. The next contest will be held in January. The website Ptownlife.org helps teen and families ďŹ nd out about the activities, services and resources that
are available in Pleasanton. A Web Team of teenagers guides the design and content, including taking photos,
writing articles and reporting on whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new in the community.

Other businesses honored for 15
years of service were: Lamb Surveying
Inc.; Lazer Telecommunications Inc.;
Leslie Marie Body & Skin Care; Medicap
Pharmacy; New World Music Academy;
North American Title Co; Northern California Facial & Oral Surgery; Pak Mail
of Pleasanton, and Parlee Systems Inc.
The final recognitions for 15 years
of service went to: Pleasanton Lucky
Cleaners; Ponderosa Homes; QES Computers Inc.; Randstand US; Randy Jones
Insurance Services Inc.; Roche Diagnostics; Santa Rita Auto; Shennum Green
Inc.; Straight Up Construction Inc.;
Supercuts; Taylored Fitness; James Teare
DVM; The Nail Mill; Towne Center
Books; Ultimate Staffing Services; US
Bank; Wash Time Car Wash; West Valley Engineering Inc., and West Yost &
Associates.
The City Council presented each of
the businesses with a special gift to commemorate its tenure in Pleasanton.
The list of businesses is also on the
cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website at www.cityofpleasantonca.gov/business/brc/businesses-ptown.
html/
For more information about the Business Recognition program, contact the
city of Pleasanton Economic Development Department at (925) 931-5038. N

VRANESH
Continued from Page 5

A number of people who posted on the Pleasanton Weeklyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s online Town Square community
forum as current or former parents of Walnut
Grove students said they had details about
Vraneshâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s departure. However, it should be
noted that none of the information could be
independently verified and the posts were
made by anonymous contributors.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;He has been placed on leave because the
teachers have filed a grievance with their
union and the district is to scared to fight the
union,â&#x20AC;? one of the anonymous posts reads.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;The problem lies with the district and their
lack of standing behind their administrators
and from running scared of the union.â&#x20AC;?
Another poster writing under the name
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Former WG parentâ&#x20AC;? stated: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Teachers are
angry at decisions that are being made by
their principal so they cried to the union
about it and what does Parvin and staff do,
they place an amazing principal on leave
rather then fighting the union. Those teachers
have been so angry at all the changes that the
district has made that the only person they
can go after is their principal.â&#x20AC;?
That was apparently confirmed by a poster
writing under the name â&#x20AC;&#x153;Debraâ&#x20AC;?:
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teachers at the school as I hear the constant
complaining,â&#x20AC;? that poster wrote.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;This teacher(s) made a complaint about
a principal they or she knows is well loved.
They or she did not do this to make an example of him, they or she did this because it
was what was right,â&#x20AC;? wrote a poster using the
name â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doni.â&#x20AC;?
One person, writing under the name â&#x20AC;&#x153;WG
Dadâ&#x20AC;? said that Vranesh left two weeks ago
and that the district didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t release information about his abrupt departure until parents
began asking questions.
Another poster on the Town Square forum
asked why it took so long for parents to be
notified.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;(M)any rumors are going around. What
did they expect when they wait so long to let
parents have information,â&#x20AC;? the commenter
posted.
Other Town Square commenters have
accused the district of being deliberately
vague about the circumstances surrounding
Vraneshâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s removal and replacement.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Superintendents donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t usually go around
placing administrators on leave just because
they feel like it, and there is some sort of
investigation going on,â&#x20AC;? said one poster who
claimed to have a child at the school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have
no idea whether or not (Vranesh) did anything to warrant this, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not up to me
to decide his fate as principal. But
it is up to Parvin to communicate
effectively and in a timely manner
with us, while honoring (Vraneshâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s)
right to privacy.â&#x20AC;?
The district did not answer
questions about whether Vranesh
was placed on paid or unpaid administrative leave.
Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s note: To read Town Square
postings, sign on to www.pleasantonweekly.com/ N

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A retired Livermore-Pleasanton
Fire Department Captain has died
after a three-year battle with cancer.
Paul Chenkovich, 48, died at
about 9:15 a.m. Tuesday at his
home in Sacramento and is survived by his wife, an 8-year-old
daughter, a 15-year-old son, his
parents, two brothers and two
sisters.
Chenkovich grew up in Pleasanton, but started his fire service
career with the U.S. Forest Service, and then spent 10 years at
the El Dorado Hills Fire Department where he worked as a Firefighter and a Fire Engineer.
In 2000, Chenkovich joined
the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire
Department as a Firefighter. He
was promoted to the rank of Fire
Engineer and then to Fire Captain.
Information on services is not
yet available.
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Business News

Edited by Jeb Bing, jbing@pleasantonweekly.com

Goodguys back for final show in 2013
Special events planned for veterans
A colorful weekend of American
cars and patriotism are on tap tomorrow and Sunday as the Goodguys stage the 24th Autumn GetTogether at the Alameda County
Fairgrounds in Pleasanton.
More than 2,500 classic hot
rods, custom cars, and muscle cars
will be at the fairgrounds in the
final Goodguys show of the year.

The show, presented by Specialty Sales Classics, will have a
patriotic feel, with the two-day
event just ahead of Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Veterans Day holiday. Goodguys will
offer free admission on Sunday to
all active and retired service men
and women upon presentation of
their military photo I.D. at the
ticket gates.
Also featured at the event will
be a special vintage military ve-

hicle exhibit with a wide variety
of military machines from decades
past. At noon tomorrow and again
on Sunday, special Veterans Day
ceremonies will be held at the
main stage featuring color guards,
brigadier generals and retired veterans from local hospitals.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of us at Goodguys salute
our military servicemen and
women,â&#x20AC;? said Goodguys president
Marc Meadors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Goodguys has always supported our military and
veterans since the beginning. My
father Gary, our founder, served
our country in the 1960s.â&#x20AC;?
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We offer military discounts at
all of our events around the country but right here in our backyard
weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always tried to reach out
to local military and veterans to
get them out to the show, enjoy
the cars and pay our respects,â&#x20AC;? he
added.
Pleasanton-based
Safeway has
also
gotten into the
act and will
feed a select group
of veterans

with a special luncheon tomorrow
with help of the event host club,
the P-Town Pushrods.
Other event features throughout
the weekend include a special art
exhibit with local Bay Area artists
specializing in automotive art, a
Lowrider car exhibit, a large swap
meet with over 1,200 sellers offering vintage clothing, collectibles

and vintage auto parts.
Free activities for children and festive music and culinary delights will
be part of the weekend show.
The Goodguys AutoCross course
will be active all weekend featuring
hundreds of cars racing around
the course in five categories going
for the quickest lap time.
The Goodguys Autumn Get-To-

gether will be open from 8 a.m. to
4 p.m. tomorrow and Sunday.
General admission is $17 with
youths from 7-12 charged $6 and
those 6 and under free. Fairgrounds
parking costs $8.
For additional information, contact the Goodguys Rod & Custom
Association at (925) 838-9876 or
visit www.good-guys.com. N

Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.
Council Chamber, 200 Old Bernal
UĂ&#x160;Tract 8159, Ponderosa Homes
Application for Vesting Tentative Map approval to subdivide an
approximately 1.89 acre parcel located at 4202 Stanley Boulevard
into 12 single-family residential parcels (approved under PUD-97).
UĂ&#x160;P13-2382, Chabad of the Tri Valley
Application for a Conditional Use Permit to operate a religious facility
with tutoring at 1258 Quarry Lane, Suite G.
UĂ&#x160;P13-2446, P13-2447, and P13-2448, City of Pleasanton
Consider amendments to the General Plan, Downtown SpeciďŹ c
Plan, Downtown Design Guidelines, and Municipal Code relating to
historic preservation, residential design, story pole requirements,
and demolition by neglect within the Downtown SpeciďŹ c Plan Area.
UĂ&#x160; P13-1858, City of Pleasanton
Public Scoping Session and Notice of Preparation of a Draft
Environmental Impact Report for the East Pleasanton SpeciďŹ c Plan, a
site of approximately 1,100 acres located east of Martin Avenue and
Valley Avenue, north of Stanley Boulevard, and south of Arroyo Mocho.
UĂ&#x160; P13-2449, City of Pleasanton
City-initiated application to amend Title 18 (Zoning) of the Pleasanton
Municipal Code to modify Chapter 18.110 (Personal Wireless Service
Facilities); and Sections 18.28.040 (Agricultural District), 18.32.050
(R-1 One-Family Residential Districts); 18.36.030 (RM Multi-Family
Residential Districts); 18.36.040 (RM Multi-Family Residential
Districts); 18.40.030 (O OfďŹ ce District); 18.40.040 (O OfďŹ ce District);
18.44.090 (C Commercial Districts); and 18.56.040 (P Public and
Institutional District). These amendments modify the existing code for
cellular antennas and equipment including the locational, design, and
processing standards. The amendments also remove the locational
restrictions currently imposed on other uses seeking to locate within
300 feet of an existing facility, e.g., nursing homes, assisted living
facilities, private schools, and childcare centers

ALL MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
AND PUBLIC COMMENT IS WELCOME
The above represents a sampling of upcoming meeting items.
For complete information, please visit
www.ci.pleasanton.ca.us/community/calendar
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JEB BING

Top: Regional representatives and a number from the driving public watch
Pleasanton Mayor Jerry Thorne cut the ribbon, opening Stoneridge Drive to
El Charro Road and Livermore. More than 200 new residents, their families,
special guests and local government officials fill the outdoor plaza at Stoneridge Creek Pleasanton to celebrate the official opening of the first new continuing care retirement community to be built in the East Bay in decades.

Stoneridge Drive, Stoneridge
Creek open

T

wo multi-million-dollar projects that have been years in
the planning stages marked their completion last Friday
with colorful ribbon-cutting ceremonies that included
speeches, walkers on stilts, flying doves and hundreds of
happy onlookers.
Pleasantonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mayor Jerry Thorne led it off by opening the
final leg of Stoneridge Drive to El Charro Road, a roadway
with 22 traffic lights that now extends from Livermore on the
east to Foothill Road on the west. First planned in 1989, the
street provides faster access to medical facilities and to hundreds who commute to jobs in both cities. Although mostly
a four-lane thoroughfare, gripes from homeowners along the
route persuaded planners to restrict traffic on the bridge over
the Arroyo Mocho, Pleasantonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s longest bridge, to two lanes.
That could change someday since the bridge was built to accommodate two lanes in each direction.
Also officially opened Friday was Stoneridge Creek Pleasanton, the first new continuing care retirement community
to be built in the East Bay in decades. Patriotic fanfare and
cheers from more than 600 new residents and their families,
special guests and local government officials made for a festive two-hour-long ceremony and buffet lunch.
Mayor Thorne spoke at this opening day ceremony, too,
praising Troy Bourne, vice president of planning for Stoneridge Creek, for his perseverance over seven years of public
meetings, planning sessions and environmental reviews. Also
on stage were State Senator Ellen Corbett and County Supervisor Scott Haggerty, who was a driving force in the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
efforts to see the 124-acre Staples Ranch that Stoneridge
Creek partially occupies annexed into Pleasanton. N

POLICE BULLETIN
Brothers arrested after
bar fight
A scuffle with police at Redcoats
in the 300 block of St. Mary Street
led to the arrest of two brothers on
a slew of felony and misdemeanors,
according to police reports.
Police were initially called to a
disturbance at the bar at about 1:15
a.m. Nov. 3 that led to two men
being asked to leave. Officers followed the men to make sure they
were leaving, but two separate fights
broke out between the brothers and
two others at the barâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s patio area, and
Officer Rudy Granados was punched
in the face during the scuffle.
Abraham Emmanuel Alejo, 23,
of Vallejo, was arrested for battery
of a police officer, a felony, a felony
parole violation and resisting arrest.
Ignacio Alejo, 25, of Hayward, was
arrested for public drunkenness and
challenging another to a fight.

In other police reports:
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seized and two men were arrested
in an incident that began with a
Nov. 1 shoplifting call from Lucky
Supermarket on Hopyard Road.
Police arriving on the scene spot-

ted a car racing through the parking lot and squealing tires. The car
was pulled over at about 5:21 p.m.
near the intersection of Singletree
Way and Dorman Road for reckless
driving and as potentially involved
in the shoplifting. A check showed
the driver, Anthony Stovell, 28, of
Oakland, was on probation with a
search clause.
During the search, police discovered a straw and bottle with white
powder residue and in the passenger door, a prescription bottle
containing 23.8 grams of suspected
heroin. Stovell and a passenger,
Dwight Bradford, 20, also of Oakland both denied being the owner,
so both men were arrested for possession of heroin with intent to sell.
Stovell was also arrested for felony
probation violation; he also had
false identification for five people
in his possession.
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two days earlier when police were
doing a routine check at a hotel
parking lot.
K-9 Officer Mark Sheldon was
driving through the parking lot of
the Hyatt House Hotel in the 4500
block of Chabot Drive and noticed
a vehicle with an expired registration and its hood up; Nathan David
White, 47, of Berkeley, was working on it, but Sheldon discovered

White was on probation, which
gave Sheldon the right to search the
vehicle. Sheldonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dog discovered a
container with marijuana residue.
A search of the room White
and Alexis Wah, 42, of Oakland,
were sharing turned up three small
baggies containing 3.7 grams of
suspected methamphetamine, 4.6
grams of marijuana and a glass
smoking pipe.
White and Wah were arrested at
about 3:39 p.m. Oct. 30 for possession of methamphetamines for
sale, possession of marijuana for
sale and paraphernalia possession.
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Pleasanton, was arrested at about
8:22 p.m. Oct. 29 for felony false
imprisonment of a dependent adult
and misdemeanor domestic battery.
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of Northway Road reported that
someone had used her personal
information to open a number of
credit card accounts and the loss
of about $3,600. A total of $2,524
was charged on an account opened
at Nordstrom and an account was
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transactions made totaling $1,071.
Attempts were made to open
other accounts, including one at
Wal-Mart, and line of credit had
been opened at Goodyear Tires,
although no charges were made.

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Stoneridge Shopping Center. Both
occurred between 5 and 6 p.m.
In one, a $1,500 laptop, a $200
rolling bag and miscellaneous documents were stolen between 5 and
5:50 p.m. In the other, a $1,000 laptop, $50 backpack and a set of keys
were taken between 5:00 and 5:53
p.m. In both vehicles, windows had
been broken to gain access.
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at a total of $2,135 was taken in a
theft from a home between 9 a.m.
and 4 p.m. Oct. 30. Among the
items taken was a gold bracelet
worth $500 and two gift cards
worth $500. Police have a suspect.
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stolen from the 3900 block of
Stoneridge Drive at 5:39 a.m. Oct.
31. The bike had been locked at a
railing near the home.

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Mesa Verde Court told police she
had been defrauded by a secret
shopper scam in which she was told
to deposit a check and keep a portion of it. The woman received and
deposited a bogus $1,500 check,
but wired $1,400 to the scam artist.
The incident was reported at about
11:31 a.m. Oct. 31.
UĂ&#x160;
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Concord was arrested at about 9
p.m. Nov. 4 for felony shoplifting
in the theft of about $726 in clothing at Macyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mens in the 1400
block of Stoneridge Mall Road.
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was arrested at about 10:40 p.m.
Nov 3 on the 7000 block of Commerce Drive on a felony warrant for
drug possession out of Tracy.
Under the law, those arrested
are considered innocent until convicted.

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POLICE REPORT
The Pleasanton Police Department made
the following information available.

Marjorie Joyce Andreatta passed
away peacefully on Nov. 3 in Pleasanton. She joins her husband Geno of 69
years who passed on Sept. 12.
Marge was born in Rockhampton,
Queensland, Australia on Feb. 7,
1923, the oldest child of James and
Christine Hurley.
In 1942, she met
Geno M. Andreatta, a handsome
American soldier
stationed in Australia. A serendipitous train ride
to the beach set
the stage for their
meeting, which flourished into their
courtship and marriage on March
7, 1944. One of 15,000 Australian
warbrides, Marjorie left behind family,
friends and way of life to embark on
the joys and hardships of a new life in
America with her husband.
Marjorie worked as a candy girl at

Auto burglary
â&#x2013; 12:25 p.m. in the 5700 block of
Athenour Court
Drug violations
â&#x2013; 5:39 p.m. in the 6700 block of Santa
Rita Road; possession of methamphetamines, possession of a hypodermic needle, under the influence of a
controlled substance
â&#x2013; 7:30 p.m. in the 4500 block of
Pleasanton Avenue; under the influence of drugs

the Roosevelt Theatre in San Francisco before becoming an operator at
Pacific Bell in 1954. Over 30 years of
service, she progressed to and retired
as a Trunk Engineer. In her retirement
years, she maintained her relationships
with Pacific Bell Telephone Company
Pioneers and The 432 Club. When
Marge and Geno relocated to Pleasanton in the mid-80s, she kept busy
crafting, spoiling her grandchildren,
and devoting her time and notable
talents to organizations that helped
others, including Daughters of the
British Empire and Pleasanton Senior
Center. She also volunteered at the
Valley Care Health System, both in the
hospital and the Thrift Shop, which
helped purchase new equipment for
the hospital. Along with her husband,
she was active in the 41st Infantry
Division Veterans Association. One of
Margeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greatest joys, however, was
her participation with Geno in the
WWII Foreign Warbrides Association,
enjoying many trips to reunions across
the country, connecting and bonding
with other warbrides. Over the years
and across the ocean, Marge retained
strong ties to her family in Australia,
including her late brother Viv and his
wife Beryl, her brother Jim and his wife
Ellen, and her sister Margo, as well

numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to hours on the phone, Marge
made and hosted numerous visits with
her family.
Marjorie is survived by her 3 daughters, Janis Martinelli (Ed), Sandra Katona (Don), Judi Hinkson (Howard);
her 8 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild. In the last 5 years, Margeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life
was also enhanced by the very special
relationship with her dear friend Diane
Mara and by the spiritual guidance of
her pastor Heather Hammer. What
will be missed most about Marge are
her generosity, her sassy and unstoppable sense of humor, and her boundless devotion to family.
Family and friends are invited to a
graveside service at the Sacramento
Valley Veterans Cemetery on Friday,
Nov. 15 at 3 p.m. There will also be
a memorial service on Saturday, Nov.
16 at 2 p.m. at Lynnewood United
Methodist Church in Pleasanton. In
lieu of flowers, please consider carrying on Margeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legacy of service with a
memorial donation made to the organization of your choice. Some of Marjorieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorites were those working
toward the early detection of breast
cancer, The American Red Cross, and
Wounded Warrior Foundation.

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LOCAL MUSICIAN CHANNELS HIS LATE MOTHER ON NEW ALBUM
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BY JESSICA LIPSKY

It takes a village to make a record, from
musicians to producers to friends and fans.
But between major life events and the imagery on Lucas Ohio’s latest release, “Slingshot
Kid,” family has played the biggest role.
Ohio, or Lucas Pattie, grew up in Pleasanton and graduated from Foothill High
School. But just before “Slingshot” went
into the recording studio, the singer-songwriter’s close-knit family suffered a tremendous blow.
“I lost my mom one week before I recorded this album. That was pretty heavy,
really intense,” Ohio said.
“My mom (Sage) was an active member
of the Pleasanton community,” he added.

“My mother’s passing definitely affected the
mood and tone of recording.”
“Slingshot,” Ohio’s third album (and his
first outside of trio The Shamblers), features
a variety of backup musicians — including rock critic Sylvie Simmons on ukulele
(whose father played trumpet for Elvis Presley) and Lucero’s Rick Steff on accordion
and organ — and a more distilled sound
that harkens back to the Grateful Dead.
Folk rock and Americana sounds play
prominently on the release, made more
poignant by lyrics about growing up and
mourning.
“I felt like I was looking for something
a little bit different to color my songs,”
Ohio said, adding that family evolved

“I really believe she was
there for us in spirit and it
really made for a great record.
It was really cathartic, really
emotional, really intense.”
LUCAS OHIO

COURTESY LUCAS PATTIE OHIO

Clockwise from top right: The “Slingshot Kid”
session band; Lucas Ohio in San Francisco; Lucas
Ohio performs at the Gilroy Garlic Festival; Sage
Pattie passed away in 2012 and inspired much
of the latest album of her son, Lucas Ohio.
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as a major theme on the album. “I really
felt like (my mom) would have been like,
‘You go for it, record this album.’ I really
believe she was there for us in spirit and
it really made for a great record. It was
really cathartic, really emotional, really
intense.”
Ohio counts “Tequila Rose” among his
favorites, a longing number that reminisces
about living in Pasadena, where Ohio uses
making pull taffy with his mother and
brother as a metaphor. The slow, winding
tune is simple, with a heavy focus on guitar
and gently pleading vocals.
“You’d take this big blob (of taffy) and
walk away from each other, then walk back
together. It’s symbolic of the ebb and flow
of life — the ups, the downs, the good and
bad and between,” Ohio said. “The times
when you really miss your family, when
you really miss your friends and want to be
away from your family.”
Most of the songs on “Slingshot” were
written while Sage Pattie, a marriage and
family therapist, was alive. She favored
“Johnny Blazes” because of its chorus about
thinking positive — “Think of angels/Better
places/Think of angels/Painful graces.”
“She really related to that, sort of being
able to extract oneself from some of the
more painful chapters or moments in any
life and not forgetting about it. Burying it

in the past, but being able to rest and rise
above,” Ohio said.
Sage Pattie was diagnosed with colon
cancer and died in May 2012. The album’s
first track, “Always See You (Wide Awake),”
came together on the last day of recording
as a tribute. Multi-instrumentalist John
Howland had been haunted by Ohio’s description of his mother lying dead in her
bed. The line, “I’ll always see you wide
awake” resonated with Howland.
“He was telling me, ‘I can’t shake that you
were there in your mom’s room and I just
have a feeling that the memories of your
mom that will be the most poignant and
long lived, will be the ones of her awake
and well’ — and John was right,” Ohio said.
“I’ll forever remember her with the energy
and kindness and grace that she had. We
kind of launched from there.”
The country twang on “Always” details
Sage’s personality, zest for life and knack
for accomplishing her goals. As Ohio sings
about his mother’s life of riding horses,
building her dream house, and seeing her
children grow, he promises to remember
her in full health: “I’ll never let go/Your
blood’s my own/I’ll always see you wide
awake ... I’m feeling better each day.”
Sage had an “all about living, the time is
now, live each day like it’s your last” mentality, Ohio said.

“It’s a real tribute to my mother, every
line of every verse — it’s almost a co write
between my mother and John and myself. I
even culled some lines from text messages
that I still have in my phone today from my
mom just over the course of the last two
months that she was with us,” he added.
While poignant, “Slingshot” also features
fun, upbeat songs and a cover of Bruce
Springsteen’s “Ain’t Good Enough For You”
to close out the album.
“I kinda wanted to complete the circle in
a sense. I wanted to have the last song be
kind of a dancing song. My mom was such
a fun person to be around, she was all about
having a good time, dancing like there was
no tomorrow,” Ohio said. “This album will
forever remind me of my mom and some of
those early childhood memories, those fond
memories. That’s the most treasured thing
about this album to me.”
Ohio is currently touring “Slingshot
Kid” throughout California. More information on Lucas Ohio and upcoming shows
can be found at lucasohiopattie.com. N

We are
Downtown
Pleasanton!
Everyone wins when you choose to shop locally. And this
holiday season we encourage you to shop locally in your own
Downtown Pleasanton! By spending your dollars in Downtown
you are supporting our overall community well-being because
sales tax generated locally from retailers and restaurants helps
fund parks, public safety and other vital community services.
Our wonderful Downtown retailers feature something
for everyone including apparel, furnishings, gifts, books,
housewares, jewelry, specialty items and so much more. And
while you are in Downtown be sure to stop for a bite to eat at
one of the delicious restaurants that line our streets.
Make your holiday shopping fun and enjoyable by
strolling the beautiful streets of Downtown Pleasanton while
purchasing unique and memorable gifts for everyone on
your list. For more information about all that is available in
Downtown, please visit www.pleasantondowntown.net.

Small Business Saturday is dedicated to supporting
small businesses across the country. Created in 2010
and celebrated every year on the Saturday after
Thanksgiving, this one small day has grown into a
movement that millions of individuals, businesses, and
communities have embraced nationwide! Come shop
Downtown Pleasanton to support your favorite small
businesses.

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Above: Drake Foote, who had two goals and an assist, jumps in play next to No.
22 Garrett Leone, who scored a goal. Below: Sebby Perry scored three goals.

Select topples Ajax
BUSC under-19 Select shut out visitors Ajax 7-0 on Oct. 26.
The Select started strong in the first half, scoring the only goal in the
19th minute. Collin Laporte, who played solidly throughout and had two
assists, played a through ball to Drake Foote, who chipped the goal keeper
for the only first half tally. However, the game was without flow and the
lead was tenuous.
It all came together in the second half. Sebby Perry, back from an injury,
was inserted at striker. High pressure on the Ajax defense led to a turnover
in the 48th minute and Perry took it himself to goal for the 2-0 lead. Zac
Pinard, from the right back, made a run and Laporte played him into
space perfectly; Pinard went to goal and finished and it was 3-0. Pinard
returned favor, making a stead and run to the corner when he crossed to
the back post. Perry was waiting for it and headed it home for the 4-0
lead. He finished his hat trick in the 65th minute from a chip lead over
the defense by Jack Simmons and it was 5-0.
Foote again scored, and led Garrett Leone on a perfect diagonal run as
Leone scored to make it the 7-0 final. Joey Repac led the strong back line,
along with Pinard and Alex Williams, denying all runs, and helping goalie
Sam Hanson to the clean sheet.
The Select next hit the road to take on Juventus in Redwood City. N

Pleasanton Rage U10 Orange had a
phenomenal weekend at the NorCal
Championships in Sacramento where
the team won two games and tied
one. The ﬁnal game was against Mustang Pride, and it started out strong
for Rage with a goal from Leah Allari.
Caitlin Currie followed up with two
strong kicks to bring the score to 3-0
by half time. Defense was strong the
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
entire game with great efforts by Ashley
Belshe, Hayden Jolley, Maggie Nostrand and Kayli Shimanuki. After half time, Mustang came back to score two
goals and bring the score to 3-2. Great saves were made the entire game by goalies Ava Buckles and Evette Allari, while Maddie Benson, Leila Lyions and Bella Guerrero worked hard on offense. With a couple minutes left
in the game, Sophia Minnite shot a goal into the corner for a ﬁnal score of 4-2. With this win, Pleasanton Rage
U10 Orange made it into the top four with the winners to be decided in Manteca on Nov. 16-17.

League champions:
Rage U11 White
Through eight games, Pleasanton U11
Rage White Team 3 went undefeated in
the Silver 2 Division, then with a 3-1 win
in Livermore vs. the West Coast Kaos on
Sunday, Rage clinched the title with two
games to spare. Rage won the division
without giving up a goal through its ﬁrst
ﬁve league games, to carry a plus-12 goal
differential through eight games. In combined league, tournament and State Cup
games, Rage had a two-month, 13-game
stretch without a loss; Rage will play
State Cup in the White Flight in DecemCONTRIBUTED PHOTO
ber. Celebrating are (back row, l-r) Head
Coach Jarreth Chan, Audrey Googins, Kyra Woodward, Peyton King, Sammy O’Brien, Rylee Scanlon, Frankie Cardoza, Assistant Coach Ailsa Smith, (front) Emily Hunt, Danielle Caccamo, Shyla Caponigro, Alex Lovelock, Jenna
Benner, Nicole Medina and Eva Bull.

Bronze sculpture of children reading and listening occupies a bench in front of the Pleasanton library. Artwork was a gift of Friends of the Library in 1999.

Fundraiser
Fundraiser
to provide more
children’s books
By Jeb Bing

T

he Pleasanton Friends of the
Library play host to the 25th
anniversary celebration of
the present library building next
Friday with a silver anniversary
event that’s also a fundraiser to
purchase more books for the children’s library area.
The event at $65 per person is
sold out, promising not only a library-packed festivity but also generous receipts for the new books.
What’s missing, of course, is any
promise to expand or rebuild the
over-crowded library. Although
the Library board of directors and
others have long appealed for a
new library, and the project has
been on the City Council’s priority list for years, no money has
yet been budgeted even to plan to
expand or rebuild the library.
Construction on the $6 million building began in 1987 and
the 30,000 square foot building
opened to the public in November 1988. Over the past 25 years,
the library collection and patronage has grown tremendously. More
than 120,000 items are typically
checked out of the library each
month and the library attracts more
than 2,000 patron visits daily.

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Additionally, the library has
more than 85,000 children’s books
and other materials for children,
which are checked out more than
660,000 times per year.
The Pleasanton library actually dates back to 1908 when
the city’s newly-formed Women’s
Improvement Club raised $1,100
at an “Old Maid’s Convention”
and other fundraisers to purchase
a site to house the Reading Room.
It opened to the public a year later
with books donated by the public
and a librarian was hired for $10
a month. Honored guests for the
formal opening were Mrs. Phoebe
Apperson Hearst and her guest,
the Consul of Persia.
After Pleasanton’s first city hall
(now the Museum on Main) was
built in 1915, the city leased a
portion of it to the club for $1 a
year to house the library and reading room.
In 1964, the library became
a full member of the Alameda
County library system and, in
1973, the need for growth led to
a new 6,900-square-foot building
for the library on Black Avenue.
In 1987, the city recognized the
need for an even larger library and

began construction on the current
30,000-square-foot facility, which
opened in 1988.
In 1999, in response to significant funding losses to the Alameda
County Library system generated by
California’s “Educational Revenue
Augmentation Fund”, the city of
Pleasanton withdrew from the system to become a municipal library.
Since that time, use of the library
has more than doubled, with more
than 1,100,000 items checked out
in calendar year 2005.
Adding to the crowds that now
gather at the library daily are some
of the tens of thousands of out-oftown residents who come to jobs
in Pleasanton at Hacienda Business
Park, Oracle, Safeway, Clorox, Kaiser and Stoneridge Shopping Center and other major employers.
Proposals to increase library
space have ranged from opening
branch libraries in other parts of
the city to expanding the current
facility into the adjoining parking lot to rebuilding it on the site
of the old post office on Main
Street. In fact, a joint city councillibrary commission in 2009 favored that recommendation by the
library commission to move the

library from its current location
at 400 Old Bernal Ave. to a new
73,000-square-foot public library
building that would be built on
city-owned property at the south
end of Main Street. That would
more than double the floor space
of the library, which has 30,178
square feet of space.
At the time, then Mayor Jennifer
Hosterman favored the idea.
“I like the idea of making the
library part of the grand entrance
to our downtown, with an opportunity for people to grab a book
and walk downtown for coffee,”
she said.
That plan also called for relocating city administrative offices now
located 400 Old Bernal Ave. and
at 123 and 157 Main St. into the
existing library building, which
was not constructed to allow a
second floor.
Also considered has been the
possibility of building a new library
on a 3.3-acre site owned by the city
of San Francisco across Old Bernal
Avenue from the current library.
At one time, Pleasanton thought
it could buy the site for $500,000.
San Francisco now is asking $3.5
million for the property. That price

COVER STORY

CITY OF PLEASANTON

Pleasanton library staff.

JEB BING

Pleasanton Librarian Julie Farnsworth.

CITY OF PLEASANTON

CITY OF PLEASANTON

It’s reading time in the Children’s Reading Room in the Pleasanton library.

tag is considered unreasonable for
the city to consider buying it nor
has any developer indicated an
interest in acquiring the property
despite its proximity to the ACE
train station.
Another proposal has been to
build a new library on vacant land
on the Bernal Park property and
to combine it with a proposal for a
community center or a Civic Arts
Center, both which are also on the
council’s priority list of eventual
projects to consider.
There are also opponents to
spending limited city funds to expand or rebuild the library, arguing that CDs, the Internet, smart
phones, iPads, Kindles and other
popular tablets are gradually replacing books as we know them
today. In fact, CDs are among the
most checked-out materials in the
library and computers there are
in constant use, even in the children’s sections.
So for now, it will be up to the
Friends of the Library and the
many organizations in Pleasanton
that support the library and its
many programs to continue fundraisers such as the one next Friday
to keep the library Pleasanton has

robust, inviting and well stocked
with books, magazines, CDs and
children’s reading programs and
materials.
The Nov. 15 benefit will feature
an elegant evening complete with
food, drinks, and dancing afterhours in the library to the music
of the Silver Moon Big Band. The
event will also include a comprehensive silent auction that will
feature everything from professional sports memorabilia to indoor skydiving and vacations on
the Mexican Riviera. A wine raffle
featuring wines currently on display at the library is also on tap for
the evening.
A library gala wouldn’t be complete without authors and several
local authors will also be on hand to
meet with guests and discuss their
literary works. They include Ann
Parker, Amy Franklin-Willis, Penny
Warner, Mac Barnett, and others.
It’s likely a number of elected
and appointed city officials and
city staff also will be at the event,
giving patrons and friends of the
library a chance to encourage
them again to consider reviving
plans to build a new and much
larger public library. N

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DIVISA ENSEMBLE BY DEL VALLE FINE
ARTS The Divisa Ensemble is recognized for its engaging performances

and eclectic programming. This quintet of flute, oboe, violin, viola and
cello, will play at 8 p.m. on Saturday,
Nov. 9 at the Bankhead Theater,
2400 First St., Livermore. Cost is
$25-$39. Call 373-6800 or go to
http://www.bankheadtheater.org.
SARAH SLOAN VOCAL STUDIO
STUDENT RECITAL Join for a fun
and exciting evening of singing and
music at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Nov.
10 at Trinity Lutheran Church.
Students of The Sarah Sloan Vocal
Studio will be performing an eclectic evening of songs from Sondheim
to Schubert. Call 719-4984 or go
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Events

CALIFORNIA RETIRED TEACHERS
LUNCHEON The California Retired
Teachers Association luncheon will be
held at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov.
19 at the IBEW Hall in Dublin. Phil
Mumford will present a special slide
show of his bicycle trip through Africa.
Reservations required by Nov. 9. Call
462-7495 for more information.
CELEBRATE THE HARVEST Celebrate
the harvest with Valley Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
Museum from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on
Saturday, Nov. 9 at Emerald Glen
Park in Dublin. With fun crafts, like
making scarecrows, autumn trees
and candy corn crafts!
JOANN KOOBATIAN, CELEBRATION
OF LIFE Beloved Foothill High School
choral teacher JoAnn Koobatianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Celebration of Lifeâ&#x20AC;? Public Memorial
Service will be held at 1 p.m. on
Saturday, Nov. 9 at Valley Community
Church, 4455 Del Valle Parkway.
OPEN HOUSE AT GALINAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MUSIC
STUDIO Join for a celebration of
Galinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Music Studio providing
music lessons in Livermore for
the past 8 years, from 2-4 p.m.

SATURDAY ART WALK Join Gary and
Nancy Harrington, Harrington Art
Partnership, on their free Pleasanton
Saturday Art Public Art Walk at 9
a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9, starting at
the Pleasanton Civic Center parking
lot, 200 Old Bernal Ave. Walkers will
receive a brochure and learn about
the future of art in Pleasanton.

Fundraisers

COLORS FOR A CURE 5K RUN Join
the second annual Colors for a Cure
5K! Help raise money and awareness
for histiocytic disorders by participating as a runner or sponsoring a
participant. Because histiocytosis is
so rare, it receives virtually no government funding for research. The
run will be at 10 a.m. with check in
at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 10 at
Shadow Cliffs. Cost is $35 online,
$40 day of the run. Call 989-3794.

Kids & Teens

MAGIC HAPPENS AT THE LIBRARY!
Magician Brian Scott will entertain
and amaze at this special performance in honor of the Pleasanton
Libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 25th anniversary at 2
p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9 at the
Pleasanton Library. Free tickets
available beginning at 1:30 in the
Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s area. For ages 5 and
older. Call 931-3400, ext. 3.

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on Saturday, Nov. 9 at Galinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
Music Studio. With a performance
showcase, games, raffles and food!
Call 960-1194 or go to www.
GalinasMusicStudio.com.

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NEIGHBORHOOD TOY STORE DAY
CELEBRATION Jump rope with
Froggy and Just Jump It, participate
in a kids pentathalon, and get craft
at Crafternoon. From 11 a.m.-3
p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9 at Golden
Apple Learning Store in Dublin.
Event is free! Call 460-5163 or go
to goldenappletoys.com.

On Stage

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;BLITHE SPIRITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Researching material for a new novel, Charles engages
Madame Arcati to conduct a seance
in his home. By accident, she summons the spirit of Charlesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first wife
and cannot make the disruptive spirit
go away. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blithe Spiritâ&#x20AC;? runs at 7:30
p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Nov.
8 and 9 at Amador Theater, 1155
Santa Rita Road. Tickets are $5 for
students, $10 for adults. Contact
khartman@pleasantonusd.net.
â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;JULIUS CAESARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; AT THE PLEASANTON
LIBRARY San Francisco Shakespeare
Festivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shakespeare on Tour
program presents a stirring rendition of the tragedy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Julius Caesar,â&#x20AC;?
at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 10 at
the Pleasanton Library. There will a
Q&A after the show. Call the library
at 931-3400, ext. 4 or go to http://
www.sfshakes.org/.
â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; AT
FIREHOUSE Pacific Coast Repertory
Theatre presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Little Shop of
Horrors,â&#x20AC;? the comedic tale of nerdy
florist shop worker Seymour and
Audrey II, a plant with a taste for
human blood. The show runs at 8
p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and
at 2 p.m. on Sundays, Nov. 8-24 at
Firehouse Arts Center. Tickets are
$17-$38. Call 931-4848 or go to
www.firehousearts.org.

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content; writing, editing, and producing online features; creating and
coordinating editorial, image, video
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interests. The online editor must
have a solid grounding in the basic
principles of packaging, editing and
writing for the Web; have excellent
news judgment; and demonstrable
headline writing, image selection
and content packaging skills. The
editor must be currently active on
social media sites like Twitter and
Facebook, a passion for social
media, news and have thorough
knowledge of the industry. Send
resume and letter of interest to
gallen@embarcaderomediagroup.com.

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